by Phoebe Weissblum | Oct 24, 2016 | Articles, Columns, News, Newsletter
Remember applying to college? I’m sure you recall the glossy promotional packets you received in the mail from schools trying to win your application. There was always a picture on the front that looked like this: a group of college age kids sitting in a circle on a...
by Kristin Palpini | Sep 13, 2016 | Articles, Nerding Out, News, Newsletter
SCIENCE! It’s all around us, particularly in the Valley where members of the Knowledge Corridor continue to bang out some heady innovation. Check out what they’ve been up to lately: 14 Patents for UMass: In 2015, the state’s flagship university in Amherst received 14...
by Kristin Palpini | Aug 30, 2016 | Articles, College Survival Guide, News, Newsletter
You’ve checked into your dorm and met your roommate, scoped out the campus and located the halls where you’ll have your first classes. It’s time to get off campus and explore this new place called the Pioneer Valley where you’ll likely be spending the next four years...
by Jack Evans | Aug 30, 2016 | Articles, College Survival Guide
If you’re getting ready to start at a college this year — especially if it’s a four-year school that requires you to live in a dorm — odds are you’re about to get your first taste of semi-communal living. Dorm life means sharing a relatively tight space with several...
by Luis Feliz | Feb 16, 2016 | Articles, News
Before Cornel West concluded his remarks to a crowd of 2,000 people at Smith College during a lecture last week, he trained his critical eye on the very institution hosting him, and Amherst College, as places for “ruling class formation.” He challenged the schools to...